NORTHERN INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

the very instant that he seemed doomed to destruction,
and grasping its shaft before ’Kun’qus could strike again,
gave his countrymen the long-sought-for opportunity.
Seizing the warrior from every available quarter, they
snatched from him all the native finery in which he was
attired, a beautiful ceremonial wig adorned with dentalium
shells, a costly breastplate, and a necklace mostly of the
same material. Then, under a heavy stroke from a war-
club launched on the forepart of his head, ’Kun’qus fell
down never to rise again. Then, falling on his helpless
body with all kinds of weapons, they made of it an unre-
cognizable mass of flesh.

The Carriers had now gratified their lust for vengeance.
Indeed, the destruction of Chinlac was more than avenged.
There the Chilcotins had set up two poles loaded with
children’s bodies, while the Carriers did not return to their
country before they had put up as a trophy three such
poles with similarly innocent victims.

Meanwhile, Khalhpan, the primary cause of ne whole
trouble, had been vainly sought for by the avenging north-
erners. He was absent, and did not come back until a short
time after their departure. His feelings can be imagined
when he came in sight of his village, now transformed into a
solitude, peopled only by dogs howling around the man-
gled remains of their masters. Taking with him a few of
the fugitives he found gloomily prowling about the field
of carnage, he set out in pursuit of the retreating Carriers.

These had just forded a river at a point where a sand-
bank in the middle cut it in two, and they were in the act
of putting on their foot-gear again, when Khalhpan was
sighted on the opposite side of the stream. Khadintel
immediately advanced to meet him.

“People say that you are a man, and you would fain
pass yourself off as a terrible warrior,” he said, in the best

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